Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

We are responsible for improving and protecting the environment. We aim to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities. We also support our world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. Defra is a ministerial department, supported by 34 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP
  Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• The Rt Hon Lord Benyon
  Minister of State (Minister for Biosecurity, Marine and Rural Affairs)
• The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries)
• Trudy Harrison MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Natural Environment and Land Use)
• Rebecca Pow MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Environmental Quality and Resilience)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Make manufacturers use recyclable packaging by law
  Open from Wednesday 18th March 2020 to Friday 18th September 2020
  99 signatures

• Create charge for use of non-biodegradable material
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  119 signatures

• A public enquiry into the RSPCA, and it's activities.
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  789 signatures

• Introduce a licensing scheme to control the purchase and ownership of animals
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  1,251 signatures

• Ban plastic charity bags being delivered to every household
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  235 signatures

• Stop Forestry England granting licenses for Fox & Hare hunts
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  11,951 signatures

• Ban hunting the brown hare in its breeding season in England & Wales
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  345 signatures

• Ban the live export of animals
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  1,341 signatures

• Make it compulsory for food products to have environmental impact traffic lights
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  1,084 signatures

• Ban the sale of artificial grass
  Open from Thursday 12th March 2020 to Saturday 12th September 2020
  11,667 signatures

• To ban the sale, use, ownership and manufacture of glue traps.
  Open from Thursday 12th March 2020 to Saturday 12th September 2020
  2,336 signatures

• Tougher sentences for animal abusers to include a lifetime ban on owning pets
  Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
  474 signatures

• Replace Breed Specific Legislation with a new statutory framework
  Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
  118,641 signatures

• The UK should ban the importation of Shark Fins.
  Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
  115,383 signatures

• Ban non-stun slaughter in the UK.
  Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
  20,853 signatures

• Ban the use of peat in gardening and horticulture
  Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
  2,971 signatures

• Run a nationwide information campaign to reduce roadside litter.
  Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
  500 signatures

• Legislate on the use of Vegan labelling
  Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
  960 signatures

• Independent CCTV monitoring in English abattoirs
  Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
  1,547 signatures

• Appoint an Independent Ombudsman/Regulator for the Veterinary Profession.
  Open from Monday 9th March 2020 to Wednesday 9th September 2020
  177 signatures

• Support British Food Producers by ensuring that marks of origin remain
  Open from Monday 9th March 2020 to Wednesday 9th September 2020
  14,142 signatures

• Grant cats the same status under the Road Traffic Act 1988 as dogs
  Open from Monday 9th March 2020 to Wednesday 9th September 2020
  25,129 signatures

• Make the licensing and monitoring of Animal rescues, compulsory.
  Open from Monday 9th March 2020 to Wednesday 9th September 2020
  64 signatures

• Create a national database of people banned from keeping animals
  Open from Friday 6th March 2020 to Sunday 6th September 2020
  2,142 signatures

• Make it Law to Label Non-Religiously Slaughtered Meat Products.
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  3,187 signatures

• All halal and kosher certified products are to be prominently labelled as such.
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  1,834 signatures

• Ban all single use plastic
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  2,154 signatures

• We call on DEFRA, to reinstate the ban on the use of metaldehyde slug pellets.
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  11,020 signatures

• Regulate wildlife food so it’s safer for our UK hedgehogs, mammals & birds
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  2,362 signatures

• Ban pelagic trawlers, attach pingers to all boats, stop slaughter of dolphins.
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  3,896 signatures

• Make Hedgehogs a Protected Species
  Open from Wednesday 4th March 2020 to Friday 4th September 2020
  56,092 signatures

• Fern’s Law: Compulsory to scan & check microchips to reunite stolen dogs, cats.
  Open from Wednesday 4th March 2020 to Friday 4th September 2020
  112,232 signatures

• Vets to scan prior to euthanasia for Rescue Back up and confirm keeper details
  Open from Wednesday 4th March 2020 to Friday 4th September 2020
  121,170 signatures

• Legal rights for ancient trees
  Open from Wednesday 4th March 2020 to Friday 4th September 2020
  17,013 signatures

• Make pet theft crime a specific offence with custodial sentences.
  Open from Wednesday 4th March 2020 to Friday 4th September 2020
  143,638 signatures

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